What the panel ordered
Affirmed the WCJ's Findings and Award of April 23, 2004, including permanent disability, apportionment under old law, and need for further medical treatment
Petition for reconsideration granted to study record and law regarding SB 899 apportionment issue; case assigned en banc for uniformity
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The case was submitted for decision prior to SB 899 enactment; thus, the apportionment provisions of SB 899 do not apply and the WCJ's findings under the old law are affirmed.
From the decision · page 817 Therefore, we hold that the apportionment sections of SB 899 do not apply in this case,
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The case was submitted for decision on February 18, 2004, prior to SB 899 enactment on April 19, 2004.